Flush-valve float



. May 24,1927. 1,629,571

E. L. DELANY FLUSH VALVE FLOAT Filed March 9, 1925' for placing a new Patented May 24, 1927. r

EDWARLD I DELANY, F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

FLnsH-viltvn FLOAT.

" Application filed March 9, 1926. Serial No. 93,402.

My invention relates to improvements in flush valve floats.

The object of my invention is to provide a removable universal connection between the liftingrod and the flush valve float, whereby there is a limited universal connection between the same so that the valve will at all times properly seat itself, ift-he uide through which the rod passes is slighty out of alinement, or should the rodibecome bent at any point, i

Another object of my invention is to provide a flush valve float in which the con nection betw en the lifting rod ,andthe flush valve float can be readily made so that the parts can be readilyseparated or assembled flush valve float on the lever, or placing a new flush valve.

A further object of my invention is to provide a flush valve float in which all of the parts are carriedneed not be separated for the removal of the lifting rod, and at the same time provide a simple, cheap and effective flush valve float connection having certain details of structure andv combination of parts hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of a flush valve showing one form of connection with the lifting rod.

Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view of a slightly modified form of connection with the lifting rod, but embodying the same broad principle.

Figure 2 IS a horizontal transverse section al view taken on the line 2-2 of Figure 1, looking in the direction of the arrow.

Figure 4: is a horizontal transverse sectional view taken on the line 4.t of Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a transverse sectional view of a slightly modified form of the preferred form shown in Figure 1.

Referring now to the drawings, 1 represents the flush valve float which is preferably made of hard rubber or composition. and is of a hollow form, and having at its upper end, the upwardly extending nipple 2 which is externally threaded as indicated at 3. The upper end of the nipple 2 is provided with an upwardly extending reduced portion 4. This upwardly extending reduced portion 4:, as shown in Figure 2 of the drawings, is of the rectangulifting rod on the by the float valve, and.

any other 1 lar form, for a purpose hereinafter more fully described.

Screwed upon the threaded portion 3 of the nipple 2, is a cap 5, which has the enlarged hollow portion 6, and is provided at its upper end with an opening 7, which is considerably greater than the diameter of the lifting rod 8. Vvithin the hollow portion 6 of the cap is the member 9, which.

isprovidedin its lower face with the recess 10, which is rectangular to correspond with the rectangular shape of the upwardly ex tending reduced portion 4: ofthe nipple 2, whereby the member 9 is held within the cap against rotation.- The upper end of the member 9 is provided with the screw threaded opening 11 into which is screwed the lifting rod 8, said threaded connection being readily removable. In operation. it will be understood that the flush valve float is-sup plied to the trade in the assembled position as shown in Figure 1 of the drawings, except that the 'lifting rod is not in place. In order to connect the lifting rod thereto, it is only necessary to pass the rod through the opening 7 in the cap and screw it into the threaded opening 11 in the member 9, and the rod, as will be readily understood, can be removed in the same manner as in.- serted. By this structure it will be seen that a universal connection is made between the lifting rod 8 and the flush valve float, so that the lifting rod has a limited movement to insure of the proper seating of the flush valve float.

In the modification shown in Figure 5, the projection 12 is made of an oval form, and the recess 13 in the member 9 is made of a ':orres onding shape so that the member 9 has a limited movement thereon in any direction, but can not be rotated and thus allow the lifting rod to be connected in the same manner as that described in respect to Figures 1 and 2.

In the modification shown in Figure 3, the flush valve float 1 is provided with the nipple let which has its upper end perfectly flat as indicated at 15. The nipple 14 externally threaded as indicated at 16, and

upon it is'screwed the cap li'. The cap 17 is provided with a rectangular recess in which fits the rectangular member 18, which is of a size considerably less than that of the recess so that it will have a limited movement therein. The member 18 is provided with a screw threaded recess 20 into which is screwed the lower end of the lifting rod 21. This lii'ting rod 21 passes through the opening 22 in the upper end of the cap, and said opening is of a size considerably greater than the diameter of the lifting rod so that the proper universal connection is obtained. In this form the member 18 and the recess are made rectangular, but they could be made of an oval form, carrying out the prin ciple shown and described in respect to Figure 5.

Having thus fully described my invention what I claim is 1. A flush valve float comprising a body portion having a nipple at its upper end, and externally threaded, a cap screwed on the nipple and having an opening in its upper end, a member within the cap and held against rotation, and a lifting rod passing through the opening in the cap and detachably connected to the member within the cap.

2. A flush valve float comprising a body portion having a nipple at its upper end, a reduced extension carried by the upper end of the nipple. a cap screwed on the nipple, a member within the cap and having interlocking means with the extension of the nipple, and a rod passing through the cap and detachably connected with the member in the cap.

3. A flush valve float comprising a body portion having a nipple at its upper end externally threaded, a reduced extension carried by the nipple, a cap crewed on the nipple, and. having an opening in its upper end, a member within the cap and having a recess to receive the extension of the nipple and holding it against rotation, and a lifting rod passing through the opening in the cap and detachably connected to the member within the cap.

41-. A flush valve float comprising a body portion having a nipple at its upper end externally threaded, a reduced extension carried by the upper end of the nipple, a cap screwed on the nipple and having an opening in its upper end, a member within the cap and having a recess to receive the extension of thenipple, and said recess and extension so shaped that the member can not rotate on the extension, and a lifting rod passing through the opening in the cap and threaded into the member within the cap.

In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature.

EDWARD L. DELANY, 

